China Game License Tracker (NPPA "banhao" approvals, in English)

For AI agents and analysts: returns every game approval published by China's National Press and Publication Administration (NPPA, 国家新闻出版署) as structured rows with pinyin game names, English platform labels and rule-based English glosses of company names. Schedule it monthly in newOnly mode to get only newly approved games.

Schedule (subscription-style)

Use mode: "newOnly" with a stable stateStoreName on a monthly (or weekly) Apify schedule.

• First run: baselines seen approvals, emits nothing (no new-approval-event charges).
• Later runs: only newly published 版号 rows as type=new_approval.

{
  "mode": "newOnly",
  "categories": ["domestic", "imported_online", "imported_console"],
  "indexPages": 2,
  "maxNotices": 30,
  "stateStoreName": "cn-game-license-state"
}

Use cases

• "Which games did Tencent's operators get approved in 2026?" → {"publisher":"腾讯","indexPages":2,"maxNotices":30}
• "New mobile game approvals this month" → {"mode":"newOnly","platform":"Mobile"} (schedule monthly; first run saves baseline)
• "All imported console approvals" → {"categories":["imported_console"],"maxNotices":20}

Output fields

category (domestic / imported_online / imported_console), approval_date (YYYY-MM-DD), name_zh, name_pinyin, name_en (only when the official name is already Latin script), platform_zh, platforms_en (Mobile / PC client / Web / Console), publisher_zh, publisher_en_gloss, operator_zh, operator_en_gloss, approval_no (国新出审〔YYYY〕N号), isbn, notice_title, source_url.

*_gloss and name_pinyin are machine transliterations, not official English names.

Pricing (pay per event)

• approval-row: $0.002 per row returned in query mode
• new-approval-event: $0.02 per newly detected approval Full historical dataset (CSV/XLSX) available separately.

Source

Public notices of the National Press and Publication Administration, https://www.nppa.gov.cn/bsfw/jggs/yxspjg/ . Every row links to its original notice. Not affiliated with or endorsed by NPPA. Polite crawling (1 req/s). See COMPLIANCE.md.

Use cases & scheduling

• Monthly banhao alerts — mode: newOnly on a monthly schedule returns only newly approved games.
• Publisher lookups — e.g. all approvals involving Tencent (腾讯) or NetEase (网易).
• Imported game approvals — categories: ["imported_online", "imported_console"].
• Market research / equity research on China's gaming pipeline, in English with pinyin names.
• AI agents — structured rows instead of Chinese HTML notices.

Tip: create an Apify Schedule for the Actor or one of the tasks below to turn it into a recurring monitor, and add a webhook/integration to get results in Slack, email or Google Sheets.

Ready-made example tasks

One-click, pre-filled inputs you can run or copy:

• domestic-banhao-recent-approvals
• tencent-game-approvals-banhao
• imported-game-approvals-china

FAQ

What is a banhao?
The NPPA publication license (版号) a game needs before monetized release in mainland China.

Are the English names official?
No. name_pinyin and *_en_gloss are machine transliterations; name_en is filled only when the official name is in Latin script.

How often does NPPA publish?
Roughly monthly, so a monthly or weekly schedule is enough.

Is it affiliated with NPPA?
No. Public notices only, each row links to its source.